January 3, 2023: #GetTheForecast at www.mtavalanche.com/forecast
Triggering avalanches is slightly less likely with each day that passes without new snow. However, recent events, including a tragic avalanche fatality near Cooke City and slides breaking deeply in the snowpack near West Yellowstone and in the Madison Range, make it clear that large, human-triggered avalanches are possible. While the likelihood slowly decreases, the consequences of triggering an avalanche deep in the snowpack do not.
Give yourself a wide margin for error by treating all slopes over 30 degrees with suspicion, even when there are already tracks on the slope. And always, regardless of the danger, follow safe travel protocols by exposing only one person at a time to steep terrain, watching your partner from a safe location, and carrying avalanche rescue gear.
Today, the danger is MODERATE.
A human-triggered avalanche in the Taylor Fork on Monday, 1/2/2023. Thankfully, everyone was okay.
Original source can be found here.
